Decades ago, the Pacific Northwest city launched a multibillion-dollar transit building boom. Now the new lines and stations are drawing riders — and criticism.

A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has reported on the first human tests of an experimental therapy using sound and light to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD). The initial findings are ...

If you or someone you know has gone through chemotherapy, you might be familiar with the side effect commonly called 'chemo brain.' Scientists have now demonstrated a simple way to protect brain cells ...

A device called LightSound is being distributed to help the blind and visually impaired experience this year’s event. By Robyn Ross This article is part of The Times’s coverage of the April 8 eclipse, ...

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For decades, scientists have worked to peer deeper into the brain. They have wanted to see not just surface activity in the cortex but also the hidden layers beneath, such as the hippocampus, where ...

Quartyard’s City Lights LED sculpture. Photo credit to Erica Joan Thornberry. A place where light, sound, and culture intertwine is coming to East Village’s Quartyard this winter. “City Lights” ...

SEATTLE — Several changes are coming to Sound Transit's Link Light Rail beginning on Friday, including the opening of the new Lynnwood Extension, the new $3 flat fare and the renaming of a downtown ...

A team of scientists has succeeded in cooling traveling sound waves in wave-guides considerably further than has previously been possible using laser light. This achievement represents a significant ...